On Windows 10, I had to enable the Administrator account using
net user administrator /active:yes
for reasons that aren't relevant here.
Now, if I try to revert to Windows 8.1 through Settings >> Update & Security >> Recovery >> Go back to Windows 8.1, I get the following message:
But there is no other user, including Administrator, visible on the Other Users screen:
I did
net user administrator /active:no
to deactivate the Administrator account (because the Administrator account is always existent, just that it can be disabled or enabled). After that I double-checked that the Administrator account is disabled in lusrmgr.msc
and not visible in netplwiz.exe
, but I still keep getting the message in the first picture.
What could be wrong? Any ideas? I really want to roll back to 8.1.
Best Answer
Administrator account prevents Windows 10 rollback
Use one of the solutions below and then try again to rollback.
Solution 1
Source Roll Back of Windows 10
Solution 2
Source Go back to Windows 7 with User account issue